Neighbors

Scene 28:

When she woke he wasn't in bed with her, and for a moment she wondered if she had dreamed it all. Then she realized she was once again naked and heard him coming up the stairs. She grabbed the comforter pulling it up to her neck and sat up as he came in the door.

"Good morning doc," he said, smiling gloriously at her.

'Oh god,' she thought, she had to teach this morning. "What time is it?" she asked, leaning to look at the clock.

"Don't worry it's still early, I brought you a bagel. Thought you could use something to eat before your first big day." He sat down next to her on the bed and reached up to brush her hair behind her ear as he leaned in to kiss her cheek. "I've got to get going. I'm due in wardrobe in 25 minutes..."

She took a bite of the bagel and realized how hungry she really was. One piece of pizza followed by all the physical activity of keeping up with Oded last night had famished her. "mmm... " she mumbled, bagel still in her mouth, "I should get showered and get to school so I can get ready for class, myself."

He had stood up and she noticed he was wearing one of her T-shirts, which fit him much more snuggly than her. He saw her look at his chest and shrugged his shoulders. "I couldn't very well show up at work wearing the same thing I wore yesterday. People would wonder what I had been up to" he winked at her, "do you mind?"

"No, no, not at all." She smiled at him, pleased that he was so comfortable with her.

"I've really got to go," he came and sat next to her on the bed again, wanting to kiss her goodbye. She had to finish chewing her bite of bagel and he took advantage of the delay to run his hand under the covers and cup her breast, rubbing his thumb across the peak. She sat firmly upright, gasping at the abruptness.

"Oded!" she coughed, almost choking on her bagel.

"Sorry, couldn't help myself." He chuckled. Then he leaned in to kiss her, tasting the cream cheese on her tongue. "mmmm..." he sighed, "I really have to go."

"Go... go." She answered him, pulling away from his kiss. He sighed, dropping his head to his chest then standing.

"Good luck today. I hope your class goes well." He offered.

"Thank you... I'm always nervous for the first one."

"I'll call this afternoon to find out how it went." He waved to her from the bedroom door, and she heard him hurry down the stairs.

She sighed and flopped back down in the bed. This was not the way she had expected to start her life in Vancouver and she giggled realizing how lucky she was.

She hurried to school and locked herself in her office to get ready for her first lecture. She had taught this class before in graduate school and was relieved that she could walk in at least confident about the material. By 10:30 her class was done and she walked back to her office pleased with the first day. Her class was pretty big, over 30 students, but they seemed interested and bright. She picked up her mail and headed to lab to work. By noon she was starving and made a mental note that she really had to start eating lunch. Grabbing a yogurt she headed back to her office to sort through her mail. She opened an invitation to a science department "welcome to the new school year" dinner for Thursday night and wondered if she should ask Oded to go with her. She guessed he wouldn't be able to given his schedule and frowned, disappointed that she'd probably have to go alone. She headed back to lab, then two afternoon meetings, and before she knew it the end of the day had arrived. She hadn't heard from Oded all day, and checked her voice mail again before going home making sure he hadn't called, to find it blinking. Her heart skipped a beat hoping it was from him. She dialed it up and listened.

"Hi doc, it's me, I don't have but a second, I just wanted to call and find out how your class went. Congratulations on your first day. I don't know yet when I'll be home, if I'm late would you mind if I snuck quietly into your bed?" he laughed a little and she smiled hearing the sexy sound of his voice, "I've got to go, just know I'm thinking about you, Bye." She had hoped to hear that he would be home earlier tonight and they could have dinner together, but she ended up going home not knowing when she would see him.

When she got home she grabbed some juice and sat down on the couch, thinking about her day. She really wanted to talk to him and decided to call him, reminding herself that the phone did work both ways and she didn't have to wait for him to call her. She dug out his cell phone number and dialed. Not surprisingly Cheryl answered the phone. "Hi Cheryl, it's Abby."

"Hey Abby, how are you?"

"I'm fine, is Oded available?"

"No, I'd say you've pretty much taken him off the market," she teased her. Abby laughed at the joke. "Actually, at the moment he's busy, but he did tell me, to tell you if you called that he would be late and that he'd try to call you later tonight."

"Did he have any idea how late?" Abby asked.

"Unfortunately no, I'm sorry." Cheryl answered. "But I can tell you from the way the day has gone that it looks like it could be a long one."

Abby sighed, "Okay, well thanks for the information. Just tell him I called... oh and tell him it's okay if he wants to be a sneak." She smiled to herself hoping he would understand the message.

"A sneak? Okay, believe me I will... after the trouble I got in the last time I didn't pass on one of your messages I'm hand delivering this one," she groaned. Abby laughed a little. "Hey Abby, are you coming to the party on Friday?"

"What party?" Abby asked.

"We are having a party on Friday, Oded hasn't mentioned it?"

"Nope..." Abby tried to answer nonchalantly, her mind already worried that maybe he hadn't asked her on purpose.

"Well, I know Vera was bugging him to bring you after we all found out yesterday why we couldn't get a hold of him on Saturday. You should come. We are all dying to meet you. You know you could come down to the set anytime."

Abby cut her off, "I think I'll wait for Oded to ask me down, I wouldn't want to be in the way..."

"No, you should come! As you well know, we seem to have long work days around here."

"I'll think about it," Abby offered.

"Oh, I've got to go, I'm being beeped, Abby it was good to talk to you, I'll let Oded know you called as soon as I see him."

"Thanks Cheryl, bye." Then she hung up the phone.

Abby wandered into the kitchen and stood at the counter picking at left over pizza, frustrated by her conversation. Oded hadn't mentioned the party on Friday and once again her insecurities reared their ugly head and she started to doubt herself and him. After eating, she went out for a swim, then showered and tried to get some work done at the dining room table, checking the phone and answering machine every 15 minutes, hoping he would call. Finally after eleven she gave up, and climbed into bed. She left a note on the front door telling him she had gone to bed, and left the light on in the living room, hoping he would come find her when he got home.

His day had been hectic. The first day of a new script was always tiring. He had been bugging the writers to develop his character a little more, let him show some emotion instead of being this deep brooding character who never smiled, and he was pleased in this new script he got a chance to stretch himself a little. By the middle of the afternoon he was exhausted and realized he hadn't had a chance to call Abby about her class this morning. He grabbed his cell phone and got her voice mail leaving her a message. As always this looked like a long day, and he expected he wouldn't get home early. Around seven Cheryl found him and told him Abby had called, telling him she had mentioned something about it being okay if he wanted to be a 'sneak'. He smiled to himself knowing exactly what she was talking about.

Cheryl watched him closely. "What's the sneak thing Oded?"

"None of your business." He laughed and turned away from her.

"Oh, and I mentioned the party on Friday to her, but she didn't know anything about it. I hope I didn't say something I shouldn't have." She had decided to tell him, worried about the way Abby had responded. She didn't want to make waves between them.

"What did she say?" he frowned a little.

"Just that she didn't know anything about it. Did you not want to bring her?"

"No, no, I'm just not sure about when I want to expose her to all of you... I don't want to overwhelm her."

"So it was a bad thing that I invited her down to the set?" Cheryl added, flinching a little as she told him.

"You did? Is she coming?" he asked, for a moment excited that he might actually get to see her.

"No, she said she didn't want to get in the way. That she would wait for you to ask her to come... you should ask her, I want to meet her..." Cheryl prodded him.

"Jeez, between you and Vera. Can you see why I want to keep her private?" he laughed. Then he got called away, and couldn't get back to the phone for the rest of the night.

He pulled up in front of her place about 12:00, tired. He debated about just going to his place and falling asleep in his clothes, but saw the light on in her living room and knew she would be expecting him. He found the note on her front door. " O, Gone to bed, hoping I won't wake up alone. A" He smiled, then headed upstairs to find her, not wanting to disappoint her.

Her light was off and he could barely make out her form in the bed as he stood beside her, she had tucked herself in tightly under the covers and was curled up on her side. He watched her for a minute, then just as he was about to climb in with her he changed his mind and headed for the bathroom to run some toothpaste around his mouth. From her bathroom he could see into his own, and wished he had his toothbrush. He put some of her toothpaste on his finger and at least tried to rub them clean and freshen his breath. He headed back to the bedroom and quickly he took off most of his clothes, debating about whether he should take them all off. He was standing in his boxers when he realized how cold it was in her room, noticing she had left the window open, which he went to close. When he finally climbed in next to her, her back to him, he reached over to run his hand over her hip expected to find skin, and was surprised to find her not only wearing a long sleeved shirt but also some sort of pants. She felt him touch her and she rolled over to face him, still half asleep. She wrapped her hand around his neck and snuggled into his shoulder. He caught the fragrance of lilies and nuzzled his nose down into her hair to inhale more deeply. He made a mental note to remember to get her fresh flowers tomorrow. She pressed herself more closely to him along the length of his body and he felt his body respond to hers. He was soooo tired, but lying next to her like this he knew he would fall asleep unsatisfied if he didn't make love to her. But first he had to get her out of all of these blasted clothes.

"Abby... wake up..." he whispered into her ear, running his hand along her back and down over her ass.

"mmm..." she purred against him, letting her hand slide between his arm and chest.

"Abby, wake up..." he said a little more loudly as he kissed the skin just behind her ear, and started to pull on the pajama pants she had on her legs with his hands.

She opened her eyes more fully and realized he had finally come home and she smiled. " 'ded, when did you get here?" She kissed him lightly.

"I just climbed into bed... what in the world are you wearing?" he asked her, trying to find the waistband on her pants.

She laughed and sat up on her elbows, raising her hips a little for him as she felt his hands finally slide into the elastic on her pajama bottoms. "I was cold, I wear flannel jammies when it's chilly outside." She fell back onto her shoulders as he pulled her pants off her legs, trying to keep them both under the covers.

"If I get you a space heater and we close your window at night do you think we could skip the flannels?" He teased her, now running his hands up her ribs to take off the top she had on, cupping her breasts gently as he moved up her body.

She ran her leg over his and realized he wasn't wearing anything. She felt the heat of his body against her own as he finished removing her shirt and the skin of his chest pressed against hers, causing that now familiar tingle of electricity to run up her spine from being so close to him.

"If you promise to keep me warm and share my bed every night Mr. Fehr, I guarantee I can skip the flannels," she teased him, whispering into his ear then nibbling on his earlobe. She had hoped when he got home he would make love to her.

She felt his hands on her hips, running up to her breasts and she rolled onto her back to give him access to her body. He touched her everywhere and she moved under him, giggling as they fought to keep the covers tented above them, the air of the room still too chilly for skin. Under the covers things were heating up slowly, and she felt his skin smooth and warm against her own. He explored all of her body first with his hands and then with soft kisses enjoying the chance to touch her and relax with her. She stroked his hair and ran her hands gently across his ribs and chest, letting her fingers sink lower between them, gently stroking his erection, closing her eyes as she languidly explored him and he continued to explore her. His hands between her legs, he brought her to a slow orgasm, which she felt rumble through her body so slowly and deeply she moaned and closed her eyes feeling it reverberate throughout her. She could tell he was tired from the quiet relaxed way he was touching her and she rolled him onto his back, thinking he wouldn't have the energy to hold himself above her when the time finally arrived to finish this exploration. He willingly let her take the lead, and lay still as she set herself across his hips, slowly sinking him deep inside of her body. He groaned and arched his back, reaching for her waist and hips to press her harder down onto himself. She ground her hips in a slow circle as she started to move, pulling the tangled covers between them more around her shoulders. He let her find an easy rhythm for them, feeling his adrenaline begin to build from the friction she created between their bodies. The heat they had made under the blankets now made them both start to grow damp with perspiration and he leaned up to kiss her shoulders, tasting the now salty taste of her skin under his tongue. She flexed her thighs trying to drive him deeper inside of her own body and felt his stomach tighten under her, he was close and so was she. His hips rose to meet her and she felt his hands now back on her waist, encouraging her to move faster. She watched him close his eyes and tighten the tendons in his neck as he pressed his hips up to meet hers. Moments later they both climaxed, both sated, both exhausted, breathing heavily. The covers still over them, she pushed them back wanting to feel the cool air on her body. The darkness that hid her body under the covers was now gone and he looked at her as the moonlight played off her skin casting shadows at the curve of her breast. She was breathtaking and he laughed as she let out a big sigh and blew a damp lock of hair off her face, obviously satisfied from the conclusion of their lovemaking. She rolled off of him, making him groan and then pulled the covers back up to their shoulders as she started to shiver, the heat from his body no longer against her own. He pulled her in close hugging her, and softly stroked the outside of her arm with his fingers, now completely relaxed beside her.

She looked up at him, kissing his chin and stroking his beard with her fingers, "So how was your day?" she asked.

He groaned and laughed, "I'll tell you tomorrow, I'm too tired to talk about it now." They both lay there quietly for a few moments when he thought of her class. "Abby, did your class go all right today?"

"Mmmm... yes, it went really well. I'll tell you about it tomorrow. I'm tired too." She hummed again, then shivered a little, trying to snuggle into his shoulder a little more deeply. He pulled the covers higher up around them.

"Please tell me you don't want to put your flannel pajamas back on again," he teased her.

"Un uh," she sighed, kissing the inside of his arm as she turned to spoon against him, "I think I'll be plenty warm." With a final hug as he turned to fit his body against hers, she closed her eyes, and knew he would fall asleep as quickly as she did.

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Neighbors - Chapter 29